PSC AD91: R&D – Defense Other: Other (Basic Research)

Service code

Code facts

Contract obligations
$5,485,489 In FY2025

PSC codes and definitions come from the GSA PSC Manual and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Contract obligations by fiscal year

Fiscal year Obligated
FY2027 To date $0
FY2026 -$1,624,899
FY2025 $5,485,489
FY2024 $10,580,011
FY2023 $57,316,520

Top contractors by obligations

Rank Contractor Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 Share
1 General Electric Company $337,498

Contract obligations by state

Rank Place of performance Obligated, last 12 months Share
1 New York $328,075

Shares are of everything obligated under PSC AD91 in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.

Contract opportunities

Notice Posted Due
Polyplexus Pilot 3 Award Notice Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Enabling Comparative Analysis of Privacy Expectation- Risk Misalignments in Exposure-sensitive Populations Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Generalizing to Understudied Populations Through the Lens of Key Privacy Challenges Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
FACE Consortium Fee Solicitation · Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR)
Understanding the Performance of Frequency-Difference Source Localization Using Ocean Data and a Reliable Model of Internal Waves; A Collaboration Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
1RING: Collaborative Multi-Domain, Multi-Sensor Integration and Fusion Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Ontology-driven Distributed Composable Simulation (ODCS) Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Live capture and release of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) for the collection of auditory evoked potential hearing thresholds Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Modeling, characterizing, and predicting effects of internal gravity waves on acoustic propagation on basin to global scales Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cognitive Active-Sonar Employment Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Advanced Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Metrology Sensors Special Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV)
Sources Sought Notice Photocalorimetry FIT DSC Pre-Solicitation · ACC Picatinny
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Office-Wide Pre-Solicitation · Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR)
Securing our National Internet Infrastructure: Using measurement, control, and verification for closed-loop control of networks Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Defense Sciences Office Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement Award Notice Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
The Department of the Navy (DON) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) FY20. 4 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - Engaging the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Solicitation · Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR)
Special Notice (SN) DARPA-SN-20-42: ADvanced Acclimation and Protection Tool for Environmental Readiness (ADAPTER) Proposers Day Special Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Asset Protection and Counter Threats Limited / Sole Source Justification · ACC Picatinny —
Asset Protection Award Notice · ACC Picatinny —
Learning: Evaluation of Training and Test, with Unlabeled and with Curated Examples (LETTUCE) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) Award Notice Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · HR001119S0052 —
Potential opportunity to discuss new BTO research initiatives Special Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
A Robust and Adaptive Agent that Supports High Performance Teams Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
LR2: Learning Robust Representations Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Guaranteed Robust Artificial InteLligence (GRAIL) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) Award Notice Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · HR001119S0052 —
Weird Circuits in CPU Microarchitectures Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Guaranteeing AI Robustness Against Deception (GARD) Award Notice Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Synergy of Learning Inputs and Decision for Machine Learning (SOLID-ML) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
DARPA nctv Award Notice · Naval Sea Systems Command (Navy) —
Polyplexus Pilot Special Notice of Q&A for Computable Models (CompMods) Disruption Opportunity Special Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Open Programmable Secure 5G (OPS-5G) Special Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Award: HR001120C0040/Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty (SAIL-ON) - HR001119S0038 Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty (SAIL-ON) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Award: HR001120C0041/Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty (SAIL-ON) - HR001119S0038 Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Microsystems Exploration: Tunable Ferroelectric Nitrides (TUFEN) Pre-Solicitation · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Navy Decision Science Incubator Pre-Solicitation · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV)
Semantic Forensics (SemaFor) Pre-Solicitation · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Quick answers

What is PSC AD91?

PSC AD91 is R&D – Defense Other: Other (Basic Research), a service code in PSC A, Research and Development.

How much do federal agencies spend under PSC AD91?

Federal contracts under PSC AD91 obligated $5,485,489 in fiscal year 2025 and $71,757,121 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

Who are the largest contractors under PSC AD91?

The contractors with the most obligated under PSC AD91 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are General Electric Company ($337,498).

Which NAICS codes are used with PSC AD91?

The NAICS codes with the most obligated under PSC AD91 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

Where is the work under PSC AD91 performed?

By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under PSC AD91 over the last 12 months are New York ($328,075).

What is the latest contract opportunity under PSC AD91?

The latest contract opportunity under PSC AD91 is Polyplexus Pilot 3 Award Notice, award notice from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, posted October 8, 2020.

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